Devise
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Devise
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1 v. t.
To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
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2 v. t.
To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
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3 v. t.
To say; to relate; to describe.
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4 v. t.
To imagine; to guess.
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5 v. t.
To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
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6 v. i.
To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
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7 n.
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
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8 n.
A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
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9 n.
Property devised, or given by will.
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10 n.
Device. See Device.
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11 v. t.
To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
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12 v. t.
To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
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13 v. t.
To say; to relate; to describe.
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14 v. t.
To imagine; to guess.
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15 v. t.
To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
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16 v. i.
To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
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17 n.
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
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18 n.
A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
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19 n.
Property devised, or given by will.
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20 n.
Device. See Device.